You should know that both cinnamon have a different flavor . And not similar as some specialist spice sites can tell . You really have never traveled to a spice island to make no difference.
Cinnamon Ceylon offers a sweet scent of cinnamon that will be very long in the mouth . While that of Indonesia offers a very strong attack in the mouth.
The difference between the two species is coumarin. Coumarin also has it in the tonka bean of Brazil .
Coumarin is a natural plant substance. We find this essence especially in perfumery and cosmetics.
Cinnamon has a lot of coumarin while Ceylon is poor.
The Comptoir de Toamasina with medical advice to ensure the veracity of our writing and especially not to do medicine explains in a few lines the toxicity of coumarin.
Coumarin is toxic to our liver because it has hepatotoxic properties.
On the other hand, as some sites speak of high carcinogenic effect for our liver, we do not want to write on the subject because it is too sensitive and belongs to the medical profession .
How to make the difference between the so-called cinnamon of Ceylon or Indonesia
You have to know that there are differences between real cinnamon and false cinnamon .
The first is the thickness , then the color and the flavor .
The thickness of the cinnamon bark of Ceylon will be very thin, barely 1mm thick.
It has a slightly ocher orange color with a firm but very friable texture .
Its flavor is sweet, very fragrant with slightly sweet cinnamon.
An excellent cinnamon for pastry with round and hot notes.
The bark of cinnamon cassia or cinnamon is very thick so you get 3mm easily.
Its color is brown.
It has a very strong smell of cinnamon and very strong in the mouth . This cinnamon is easily friable .